Tool: Homeright Spray Shelter
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I’m Tyler Winegarner for Cool Tools, and today I want to talk about Spray Shelters that you can fit into a handbag.

Spray paints and finishes are both a blessing and a curse. They’re fast and easy to apply, they go on quickly, and they can also make a huge mess if you’re not paying close attention to what’s behind your work piece. Anyone who uses spray cans regularly has that one spot in their garage or driveway with the telltale markings of overspray getting past the corners of a piece of cardboard.

If you don’t have space for a dedicated spray booth, the HomeRight Spray Shelter might be the ideal solution for you. This is basically a tiny tent that collapses into a small package, easy for storage, but quickly unfolds into an ideal temporary structure for containing your rattlecan mess.

The construction of the spray shelter is similar to those collapsible sun shields you can place on your car’s windscreen to keep it cool on sunny days - there’s a semi-rigid spring steel form within the corners of the structure that help it keep its shape when its deployed. The rest of it is made of a fine mesh canvas like material which makes it flexible and collapsible, but doesn’t allow paint to get through.

There’s three sizes for the Spray Shelter - this is the small one. Overall it measures 35” wide by 30” deep by 39” in height. Its ideal for painting or priming relatively small parts - face plates, 3d printed parts, replica props, stuff like that. There’s also a medium sized shelter, measuring 55” wide by 55” deep and 66” tall, which should be good for end tables and other small furniture. Finally there’s a large shelter that assembles like a two-person tent. It’s 9’ wide, 6’ deep and 5.5’ tall, for larger furniture pieces. It’s worth noting that the large shelter doesn;t have a floor - you’ll need to supply your own drop cloth.

When I was working out of a smaller shop, this spray shelter was essential for keeping spray messes contained - and even in the larger shop I’m in now, I find myself leaving it up for several days when I have a few intermittent projects that need paint or primer. That said, it’s not without its flaws. There’s no solid structure to the base, so it can feel a little wobbly. That’s not gonna be great if you take it outdoors for proper ventilation if there’s any kind of breeze. Because of the nature of the structure, it will also likely take you a few tries before you master how to collapse it to fit it back into its carry bag. I also wouldn’t have minded if they included loops on the interior to hang parts from that you’d rather not dry while sitting on a surface. I’ve made these using binder clips, but I don’t think they’d hold a heavy part reliably.

Still, these spray shelters are a great solution for small shops or occasional painting jobs. The Small shelter is available for around thirty dollars, the medium size is forty dollars and the large is fifty. You can find links for all three down in the description. For more tool recommendations like these, check out cool-tools.org.

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